Usually means: Marrying into a higher status.
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  1. hypergamy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypergamy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypergamy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypergamy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypergamy: Wiktionary
  6. hypergamy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. hypergamy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. hypergamy: Dictionary.com
  9. Hypergamy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hypergamy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. hypergamy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypergamy: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypergamy)

▸ noun:  Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.

Similar:
hypergyny, hypogamy, extramarriage, exogamy, mésalliance, outmarriage, matrimonial, husbandship, clan endogamy, suitorship, more...

Opposite:
hypogamy, marrying down, downward marriage

Types:
marrying up, gold-digging, social climbing, trophy wife, sugar baby, more...

Adjectives:
female, male, rajput, indian, level, global, racial, institutionalized, economic

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Similar:
hypergyny, hypogamy, extramarriage, exogamy, mésalliance, outmarriage, matrimonial, husbandship, clan endogamy, suitorship, more...

Opposite:
hypogamy, marrying down, downward marriage

Types:
marrying up, gold-digging, social climbing, trophy wife, sugar baby, more...

Adjectives:
female, male, rajput, indian, level, global, racial, institutionalized, economic



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